Hairpin



A. 0. FREAR.

HAIRPIN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20. 1921. RENEWED MAR. 24.1922.

1,438,755. Patented Dec.12,1922.

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AUSTIN 0. FREAK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Application filed January 20, 1921, Serial No. 438,574. Renewed March 24, 1922. Serial No. 546,539.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN -OSBORN F BEAR, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county oi Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvemerits in Hair Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the elongated U-shape type of hair pins, the approximately parallel prongs of which are formed or provided, with means for retarding the disengagement and loss of the hair pin during actual use, and the present improvement has for its object To provide a structural formation of the prongs of a. hair pin of the above men tioned type with integrally formed means of a simple and effective nature and which is adapted to afford an effective resistance to a. movement and disengagement and loss of the hair pin from the hair of the wearer.

The accompanying drawing is an elevation oi a hair pin embodying the preferred construction of the present invention.

Referring to the drawing, 1, 1 designate the prongs or tines oi? a hair pin of wire or other usual and suitable material, ar ranged in approximately parallel relation and integrally connected together at one end by the usual return bend or. crown portion as shown.

1?. designate bends formed intermediate the length of the prongs 1 aforesaid, and preferably having the V shape shown, with the bends of both prongs extendingin the a gradual detachment and loss of the hair pin in actual use, while the resistance in its introduction into the hair of the wearer does not materially differ from that of the ordinary corrugated hair pins now ii general use.

Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis A hair pin-comprising two prongs united at one end and tree at the other end and each formed midway of its length with a single angular bend, said bends extending in the same direction with the apex of the bend in one prong in line with the main portion of the other prong and providing a single laterally disposed branch of the main channel of the pin for holding engageinent with a portion oi? the users hair lateral to the portion of hair in said main channel.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 18th day of January, 1921.

AUSTIN O. FREAK. 

